Description Of Item: Set of 16 bound volumes of Australian Journal of Optometry, black cloth covers, 245 x 160 mm, commencing Vol 20 November 1937 to Vol 36 November 1953

Historical Significance: This journal was the national journal of the Australian Optometric Association. It began in March 1919 under the title of The Commonwealth Optometrist following the decision in 1918 to form a national professional association as federation of the six Australian State optometric associations. It changed its title to the Australasian Journal of Optometry in January 1930. At the time it was edited and published from the NSW State Association. It continues as Clinical and Experimental Optometry (from 1986) published by the National Office of the Association since 1978 and reached its 100th year of continuing publication in 2018. A full account of the history of the Journal can be found in Cole BL Serving optometry for 100 years: the story of Clinical and Experimental Optometry. Clin Exp Optom 2017; 100: 303-312.